A CELADON JADE ‘SCHOLARS’ DESK SCREEN WITH STAND... Lot 187

A CELADON JADE ‘SCHOLARS’ DESK SCREEN WITH STAND 20世纪初代 青玉雙面雕高士登山插屏 China, early 20th century This celadon jade table screen finely carved in both sides with small figures featured in a landscape, would have been placed on a scholar's desk for contemplation and escape from the stresses of bureaucratic life. In one side, depicting two sages in conversation under a thriving pine tree, while his attendant walked past the waterfall, bringing a basin of water for his master; in the other side, a young boy presented his freshly picked longevity peaches to his master, who, leaning on a cane, was about to ascend into the mountains to enter a secluded temple. Size. (Jade) 21.5x15.5x1cm